Follies

October 4

November 13, 2011

in CST's Courtyard Theater

book by James Goldman
music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
directed by Gary Griffin

Production Sponsor

Melissa Veal

Wig and Make-up Designer

MELISSA VEAL (Original Wig and Make-up Design) was the head of wigs and make-up at Chicago Shakespeare Theater for ninety-five productions, including: Othello, The Heir Apparent, Ride the Cyclone, Sense and Sensibility, King Lear, Henry V, Road Show, Gypsy, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Cyrano de Bergerac, The School for Lies (Jeff Award), Sunday in the Park with George, Othello: The Remix (at CST and on tour), Elizabeth Rex (Jeff Award nomination), Follies, The Madness of George III (Jeff Award), Twelfth Night, The Comedy of Errors, Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 (at CST and Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon), and Rose Rage: Henry VI Parts 1, 2 and 3 (at CST and The Duke on 42nd Street). She worked for ten seasons with the Stratford Festival, where she received four Tyrone Guthrie Awards. Other Canadian credits include work with the Shaw Festival and The Grand Theatre in London, Ontario. Ms. Veal received the 2007 Hurckes Award for Artisans and Technicians. She is currently working at the Stratford Festival in Canada.